India’s smartphone shipments fell 10% in the second quarter of 2026 as soaring memory costs drove up handset prices. The sharpest pain was below ₹15,000, showing how the AI infrastructure boom is reaching price-sensitive consumers.
India’s updated IT Rules create specific duties around realistic AI-generated audio, images and video. Here is what platforms, AI tools, creators and brands need to understand.
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China is reportedly considering restrictions on advanced AI models, training data, chip designs and technology acquisitions. The proposal could reshape how Chinese AI reaches developers worldwide.
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Boston-based Neo has emerged from stealth with $100 million to help companies discover and control AI capabilities appearing across their software estates.
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Paytm Payments Services has applied to the RBI for a prepaid payment instrument licence. Approval would restore a key consumer product, but under a structure separated from the shuttered payments bank.
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has proposed a US-led standards body for frontier AI. Its legitimacy will depend on global participation, transparent testing and enforceable rules.
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TSMC is increasing its planned US investment to $265 billion as AI demand accelerates. The Arizona expansion strengthens domestic manufacturing but cannot eliminate global supply-chain dependence overnight.
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India has approved ₹1.28 lakh crore in fresh semiconductor support. The opportunity is large, but execution now depends on materials, equipment, talent and commercially viable plants.
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India’s smartphone shipments fell 10% in the second quarter of 2026 as soaring memory costs drove up handset prices. The sharpest pain was below ₹15,000, showing how the AI infrastructure boom is reaching price-sensitive consumers.
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Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified Beta Pictoris d, a hidden gas giant approximately 63 light-years from Earth. The planet was discovered primarily through the chemical fingerprint of its atmosphere rather than through conventional imaging.
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